Wearable display device

ABSTRACT

A wearable display device includes a wearing device, a linking-lever set, a bracket and an optical imaging device. The linking-lever set includes a first rod and a second rod, and the first rod is pivotally connected to the wearing device and the second rod, respectively. The bracket is fixedly connected to the optical imaging device, and is pivotally connected to the second rod of the at least one linking-lever set.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Ser. No.108100437, filed Jan. 4, 2019, which is herein incorporated byreference.

BACKGROUND Field of Disclosure

The disclosure relates to a wearing device. More particularly, thedisclosure relates to a wearable display device.

Description of Related Art

With the improvement of technology, a wearable display device forAugmented Reality (AR) has been gradually popular in the marketplace.Normally, the wearable display device includes an optical imagingdevice. The user can see display images through the optical imagingdevice.

However, the current optical imaging device is fixedly arranged in frontof the user's eyes, and is unable to be adjusted the position inaccordance to the user's eyes.

SUMMARY

In one embodiment of the disclosure, a wearable display device isprovided for solving the problems mentioned in the prior art.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, a wearable display device providedincludes a wearing device, a bracket, an optical imaging device and atleast one linking-lever set. The linking-lever set includes a first rodand a second rod, and the first rod is pivotally connected to thewearing device and the second rod, respectively. The bracket is fixedlyconnected to the optical imaging device, and is pivotally connected tothe second rod of the linking-lever set.

According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the wearabledisplay device, the wearing device includes a wearing portion and a hatbody. The hat body is connected to the wearing portion, and providedwith a hat brim portion and an opening formed on a bottom surface of thehat brim portion. The linking-lever set is located in the opening, andthe optical imaging device projects outwards from the bottom surface ofthe hat brim portion through the opening.

According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the wearabledisplay device, the optical imaging device is completely located out ofthe opening of the hat body, and is able to be rotated for flatcontacting with the bottom surface of the hat brim portion.

According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the wearabledisplay device, the hat brim portion is formed with an accommodatingrecess therein, and the accommodating recess is in communication withthe opening of the hat body. The optical imaging device is able to becompletely moved into the accommodating recess from the opening by thelinking-lever set.

According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the wearabledisplay device, the bracket is provided with a pivoting member, thewearing device is provided with a pivoting base, the first rod includesa first end and a second end which are opposite to each other, thesecond rod includes a third end and a fourth end which are opposite toeach other. The first end of the first rod is pivotally connected to thethird end of the second rod through a first pivot shaft, the second endof the first rod is pivotally connected to the pivoting base through asecond pivot shaft, and the fourth end of the second rod is pivotallyconnected to the pivoting member through a third pivot shaft.

According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the wearabledisplay device, the linking-lever set further includes a first cushionring and a second cushion ring. The first cushion ring is sandwichedbetween the pivoting base and the first rod, and the second cushion ringis sandwiched between the first rod and the second rod.

According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the wearabledisplay device, the linking-lever set further includes a third cushionring. The third cushion ring is sandwiched between the pivoting memberand the second rod.

According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the wearabledisplay device, the linking-lever set is two in number, thelinking-lever sets are respectively located on two opposite sides of thebracket.

According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the wearabledisplay device, the optical imaging device includes an outer casing, adisplay source and an optical element. The outer casing is fixedlyconnected to the bracket. The display source is fixedly connected to theouter casing. The optical element includes a light-transmission plateand a waveguide structure. The light-transmission plate is fixedlyconnected to the outer casing, and optically coupled to the displaysource. The waveguide structure is disposed in the light-transmissionplate. The light-transmission plate is used to guide lights of thedisplay source to the waveguide structure, and the waveguide structureis used to guide the lights in the light-transmission plate out from thelight-transmission plate.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, a wearable display device providedincludes a wearing device, a bracket, an optical imaging device and atleast one linking-lever set. The wearing device includes a pivotingbase, an accommodating recess and an opening formed on a bottom surfaceof the wearing device and being in communication with the accommodatingrecess. The optical imaging device is fixedly connected to the bracket,and projects outwards from the bottom surface of the wearing devicethrough the opening. The linking-lever set is located in theaccommodating recess, and extends outwards from the opening. Thelinking-lever set includes a plurality of rods in which each twoadjacent ones of the rods are pivotally connected to each other, and aninitial one and a final one of the rods are pivotally connected to thebracket and the pivoting base, respectively. The rods of thelinking-lever set are not less than two in number.

With the structure described in the above embodiments, the opticalimaging device of the wearable display device can be correspondinglyadjusted to align with the user's eyes, thereby increasing thewillingness of the user to use the wearable display device.

The above description is merely used for illustrating the problems to beresolved, the technical methods for resolving the problems and theirefficacies, etc. The specific details of the disclosure will beexplained in the embodiments below and related drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitutea part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of thedisclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain theprinciples of the disclosure. In the drawings,

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wearable display device according toone embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the wearable display device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the linking-lever set of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B respectively are schematic simple operational viewsof the optical imaging device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic operational view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a side view of the wearable display device according to oneembodiment of the disclosure; and

FIG. 7 is a schematic operational view of an optical imaging deviceaccording to one embodiment of the disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Reference will now be made in detail to the present embodiments of thedisclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in thedrawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.According to the embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled inthe art that various modifications and variations can be made to thestructure of the disclosure without departing from the scope or spiritof the disclosure.

Reference is now made to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, in which FIG. 1 is aperspective view of a wearable display device 10 according to oneembodiment of the disclosure, FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the wearabledisplay device 10 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an exploded view of thelinking-lever set 200 of FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, thewearable display device provided includes a wearing device 100, one ormore (e.g., two) linking-lever sets 200, a bracket 300 and an opticalimaging device 400. The wearing device 100 is used to be worn on a user.These linking-lever sets 200 are located at two opposite sides of thebracket 300, and each of the linking-lever sets 200 includes a first rod210 and a second rod 220. The first rod 210 is pivotally connected tothe wearing device 100 and the second rod 220, respectively. The bracket300 is fixedly connected to the optical imaging device 400, andpivotally connected to the second rod 220. Thus, the optical imagingdevice 400 can be moved and rotated relative to a bottom surface 122 ofthe wearing device 100 by the bracket 300. Therefore, the opticalimaging device 400 can be correspondingly adjusted to align with theuser's eyes, thereby increasing the willingness of the user to use thedevice.

In this embodiment, the wearing device 100 is used to be worn on auser's head. For example, the wearing device 100 can be a visor cap thatreveals the top of the user's head. However, the disclosure is notlimited thereto. In other embodiments, the wearing device may also be abaseball cap that covers the top of the user's head. Specifically, thewearing device 100 includes a wearing portion 110 and a hat body 120.The hat body 120 is connected to the wearing portion 110, and thewearing portion 110 for example is a strip body. The hat body 120 isprovided with a hat brim portion 121 that includes an upper hat brim121A and a lower hat brim 121B. The lower hat brim 121B includes abottom surface 122 and an opening 123 that is penetrated through thebottom surface 122. For example, the hat body 120 includes an upper case124 and a lower case 125. The upper case 124 and the lower case 125 areable to combine with each other. The upper hat brim 121A is connected tothe upper case 124, and the lower hat brim 121B is connected to thelower case 125. The upper hat brim 121A and the lower hat brim 121B areable to combine with each other so that an accommodating recess 126(FIG. 6) being in communication with the opening 123 described above isdefined between the upper hat brim 121A and the lower hat brim 121B.Each of the linking-lever sets 200 is located in the accommodatingrecess 126 in which the optical imaging device 400 is projected outwardsfrom the bottom surface 122 of the hat brim portion 121 via the opening123. The linking-lever sets 200 are located in the accommodating recess126, and are partially extended outwards from the opening 123.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the wearing device 100 is provided withtwo pivoting bases 127 which are oppositely located within theaccommodating recess 126 (FIG. 4A). For example, the pivoting bases 127are oppositely disposed on the upper case 124. The bracket 300 isprovided with a top cover 310 and two pivoting members 311. One side ofthe top cover 310 is provided with a grasping portion 312. The graspingportion 312 is able to securely hold the optical imaging device 400 sothat the optical imaging device 400 can be collectively moved with thebracket 300 synchronously. The pivoting members 311 are protrudinglyformed on two opposite ends of the top cover 310. In each of thelinking-lever sets 200, the first rod 210 described above includes afirst end 211 and a second end 212 which are opposite to each other, andthe second rod 220 described above includes a third end 221 and a fourthend 222 which are opposite to each other. The first end 211 of the firstrod 210 is pivotally connected to the third end 221 of the second rod220 through a first pivot shaft 230. The second end 212 of the first rod210 is pivotally connected to one of the pivoting bases 127 through asecond pivot shaft 240, and the fourth end 222 of the second rod 220 ispivotally connected to one of the pivoting members 311 of the bracket300 through a third pivot shaft 250. Thus, the optical imaging device400 can be moved and rotated relative to the wearing device 100 by thebracket 300.

Also, each of the linking-lever sets 200 further includes a firstcushion ring 260, a second cushion ring 270 and a third cushion ring280. The first cushion ring 260 is sandwiched between the pivoting base127 and the first rod 210. The second cushion ring 270 is sandwichedbetween the first rod 210 and the second rod 220. The third cushion ring280 is sandwiched between each of the pivoting members 311 and thesecond rod 220.

Thus, with the frictional forces respectively generated by the firstcushion ring 260 on the pivoting base 127 and the first rod 210, thefrictional forces respectively generated by the second cushion ring 270on the first rod 210 and the second rod 220, and/or the frictionalforces respectively generated by the third cushion ring 280 on thepivoting member 311 and the second rod 220, each of the linking-leversets 200 is not easy to be unexpected fallen relative to the pivotingbase 127 and the pivoting member 311 due to loosening, therebymaintaining the expected position of the linking-lever sets 200.

However, the disclosure is not limited thereto. One with ordinary skillin the art of the field of the disclosure may choose or omit thementioned cushion rings according to the limitations and demands.

Although each of the linking-lever sets 200 only has the first rod 210and the second rod 220, however, the disclosure is not limited thereto,one with ordinary skill in the art of the field of the disclosure mayincrease the number of the rods to be more than two so that each twoadjacent ones of the rods are pivotally connected to each other, and aninitial one and a final one of the rods are pivotally connected to thebracket 300 and the pivoting base 127, respectively.

FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B respectively are schematic simple operational viewsof the optical imaging device 400 of FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 4A, when auser is desired to operate the optical imaging device 400, since thefirst rod 210 and the second rod 220 are pivotally connected to eachother, the user can rotate the second rod 220 relative to the first rod210 through the optical imaging device 400 to adjust an included angleθ1 between the first rod 210 and the second rod 220. Accordingly, theposition of the optical imaging device 400 can be adjusted at will upand down, and back and forth relative to the user's eye E.

Also, as shown in FIG. 4B, when a user is desired to operate the opticalimaging device 400, since the bracket 300 and the second rod 220 arepivotally connected to each other, the user can also rotate the bracket300 relative to the second rod 220 through the optical imaging device400 to adjust an angle θ2 between the optical axis A of the opticalimaging device 400 and a geographic vertical line V. It should be noted,the user can simultaneously adjust the angle θ1 between the first rod210 and the second rod 220, and the angle θ2 between the optical axis Aof the optical imaging device 400 and the geographic vertical line V.

FIG. 5 is a schematic operational view of FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 5,since the optical imaging device 400 is completely located out of theopening 123 of the hat brim portion 121, thus, when the user is notdesired to operate the optical imaging device 400, the optical imagingdevice 400 can rotate the bracket 300 relative to the second rod 220 sothat the optical imaging device 400 can flat contact with the bottomsurface 122 of the hat brim portion 121 thereby reducing the degrees ofthe viewing path of the user being obstructed.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the wearable display device 11 according to oneembodiment of the disclosure. As shown FIG. 6, the wearable displaydevice 11 of the embodiment is substantially the same to the wearabledisplay device 10 of FIG. 1. However, at least one difference of thewearable display device 11 of FIG. 7 from the wearable display device 10of FIG. 1 is that, the optical imaging device 400 is able to becompletely moved into the accommodating recess 126 from the opening 123by the linking-lever set 200 so that the optical imaging device 400 canbe completely hidden inside the hat brim portion 121. Thus, when theuser does not use the optical imaging device 400, the user can rotatethe optical imaging device 400 into the accommodating recess 126 totallyfor hiding the optical imaging device 400. Thus, not only the degrees ofthe viewing path of the user being obstructed can be reduced, but alsothe wearing device 100 can be resumed to a normal hat in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic operational view of the optical imaging device 400according to one embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1 andFIG. 7, the optical imaging device described in the above embodimentsincludes an outer casing 410, a display source 420 and an opticalelement 430. The outer casing 410 is fixedly connected to the bracket300. The display source 420 is fixedly connected to the outer casing410. The optical element 430 includes a light-transmission plate 431 anda waveguide structure 432. The waveguide structure 432 is disposed inthe light-transmission plate 431. The light-transmission plate 431 isfixedly connected to the outer casing 410, and optically coupled to thedisplay source 420 for receiving lights LT, and guiding the lights LTinto the light-transmission plate 431 and then guiding the lights LT tothe waveguide structure 432 through the light-transmission plate 431.The lights LT of the display source 420 can be transmitted into theoptical element 430 via lens 440, however, the disclosure is not limitedthereto. The waveguide structure 432 is used to guide the lights LT inthe light-transmission plate 431 out from one side of thelight-transmission plate 431, and to the user's eyes E. The waveguidestructure 432 is, for example, a grating structure or a plurality ofreflective surfaces 433 arranged in parallel. Also, the display source420 and the user's eyes E are not limited to face to the same surface ordifferent surfaces of the light-transmission plate 431 respectively;however, the disclosure is not limited thereto.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 7, when the user wears thewearable display device 10 described above, since the hat brim portion121 is located above the user's eyes E, the optical imaging device 400located on the bottom surface 122 of the hat brim portion 121 is able todisplay image information such as text or graphic information above theuser's field of view (FOV). Thus, the user's eye E not only can directlyview the actual scene in front of the user, but also view the imageinformation through the optical imaging device 400.

In the embodiment, the optical imaging device 400 is a monoculardisplay. The optical imaging device 400 also can be known as an LCoS(liquid crystal on silicon) display or a near-eye display (NED). Forexample, the size and the position of the optical imaging device 400 aredesigned to be suitable to align with single one of human eyes (e.g.,the left eye) of the user for providing images for the specific eyeonly. However, the disclosure is not limited to aligning the user'sleft, right or both eyes. Since the size of the optical imaging device400 is set appropriately, the user's sight will not be blocked. Thus,the user's eye can view the actual scene in front of the user and theimage content message of the optical imaging device 400 simultaneously.

Although the disclosure has been described in considerable detail withreference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodiments arepossible. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims shouldnot be limited to the description of the embodiments contained herein.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made to the structure of thedisclosure without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure.In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure covermodifications and variations of this disclosure provided they fallwithin the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.

What is claimed is:
 1. A wearable display device, comprising: an opticalimaging device; a wearing device having a wearing portion and a hatbody, the hat body being connected to the wearing portion and beingprovided with a hat brim portion and an opening formed on a bottomsurface of the hat brim portion; at least one linking-lever set, each ofthe at least one linking-lever set comprising a first rod and a secondrod, and the first rod being pivotally connected to the wearing deviceand the second rod; and a bracket fixedly connected to the opticalimaging device and pivotally connected to the second rod, wherein the atleast one linking-lever set is located in the opening, and the opticalimaging device projects outwards from the bottom surface of the hat brimportion through the opening.
 2. The wearable display device of claim 1,wherein the optical imaging device is configured to project outwardsfrom the bottom surface of the hat brim portion through the opening, soas to be rotated for flat contacting with the bottom surface of the hatbrim portion.
 3. The wearable display device of claim 1, wherein anaccommodating recess is formed in the hat brim portion, and coincideswith the opening of the hat body, and the optical imaging device is ableto be completely moved into the accommodating recess from the opening bythe at least one linking-lever set.
 4. The wearable display device ofclaim 1, wherein the bracket is provided with a pivoting member, thewearing device is provided with a pivoting base, the first rod comprisesa first end and a second end which are opposite to each other, thesecond rod comprises a third end and a fourth end which are opposite toeach other, wherein the first end of the first rod is pivotallyconnected to the third end of the second rod through a first pivotshaft, the second end of the first rod is pivotally connected to thepivoting base through a second pivot shaft, and the fourth end of thesecond rod is pivotally connected to the pivoting member through a thirdpivot shaft.
 5. The wearable display device of claim 4, wherein each ofthe at least one linking-lever set further comprises: a first cushionring sandwiched between the pivoting base and the first rod; and asecond cushion ring sandwiched between the first rod and the second rod.6. The wearable display device of claim 5, wherein each of the at leastone linking-lever set further comprises: a third cushion ring sandwichedbetween the pivoting member and the second rod.
 7. The wearable displaydevice of claim 1, wherein the at least one linking-lever set comprisestwo linking-lever sets, and the two linking-lever sets are respectivelylocated on two opposite sides of the bracket.
 8. The wearable displaydevice of claim 1, wherein the optical imaging device comprises: anouter casing fixedly connected to the bracket; a display source fixedlyconnected to the outer casing; and an optical element comprising: alight-transmission plate fixedly connected to the outer casing, andoptically coupled to the display source; and a waveguide structuredisposed in the light-transmission plate, wherein the light-transmissionplate is configured to guide lights of the display source to thewaveguide structure, and the waveguide structure is configured to guidethe lights in the light-transmission plate out from thelight-transmission plate.
 9. A wearable display device, comprising: awearing device having a pivoting base, an accommodating recess and anopening formed on a bottom surface of the wearing device, wherein theopening coincides with the accommodating recess; a bracket; an opticalimaging device fixedly connected to the bracket, and projecting outwardsfrom the bottom surface of the wearing device through the opening; and alinking-lever set located in the accommodating recess, and extendingoutwards from the opening, the linking-lever set comprising at least tworods, wherein each of the at least two rods is pivotally connected toanother of the at least two rods adjacent thereto, and the at least tworods includes an initial rod pivotally connected to the bracket and afinal rod pivotally connected to the pivoting base.